As safe as flying is, unfortunately there will always be accidents. During the 10 + years of photographing aircraft with a decent camera, inevitably i've photographed quite a few aircraft that have gone on to be involved in an accident...

04th April 2018 - Lockheed F-16C Fighting Falcon - 92-3880 - US Air ForceThought to have collided with another F-16 during Thunderbirds practice in the Nevada Test Range complex, killing Thunderbird 4

06th February 2018 - KAI T-50 Golden Eagle - 10-0051/6 - Republic of KoreaThought to have suffered a burst tyre on the runway which led to a loss of control and the aircraft flipped...

24th November 2017 - AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin - 0268 - Norwegian Air ForceOverturned during a ground test just a week after delivery and just two weeks after this image was taken...

22nd November 2017 - Grumman C-2A Greyhound - 162175 - US NavyPlunged into the sea whilst on approach to the USS Ronald Reagan. Eight people were rescued and three were sadly not recovered...

August 2017 - Lockheed C-130J Hercules C4 - ZH873 - RAFSuffered a heavy landing in theatre and was written off...

23rd June 2017 - Lockheed F-16D Falcon - 91-0466 - US Air ForceThunderbird 8 arrived with the rest of the team at Dayton, Ohio for the following days airshow when it aquaplaned off the runway flipping it on it's roof. The pilot suffered leg injuries whilst the backseat engineer escaped unharmed. The image was taken at Nellis Air Force Base in 2015 during a morning practice display...

27th May 2017 - deHaviland Sea Vixen - XP924 - Royal NavyMade a gear up landing on recovery to RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, destroying the externally carried fuel tanks and damaging the underside of the airframe, potentially grounding the aircraft permanently. Image taken at RNAS Culdrose...

25th October 2016 - McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet - 164238 - US NavyCrashed whilst conducting a training exercise over Twentynine Palms at the USMC Air Ground Combat Cente. The pilot ejected safely. The image was taken over Death Valley whilst on a low level training exercise...

23rd September 2016 - Westland Wasp HAS1 - XT787/G-KAXT - Ex Royal NavySuffered a collective pitch control failiure meaning the helicopter could not go up or down. The pilot managed to force land into a turnip field in Bishopstone causing some minor damage. Image taken at Yeovil airfield...

02nd June 2016 - Lockheed F-16C Falcon - 92-3890 - US Air ForceThe pilot ejected safely after this aircraft developed problems shortly after conducting a flypast at an event. This image was taken at Nellis Air Force Base in 2015 during a morning practice display...

19th May 2016 - Boeing B-52H Stratofortress - 60-0047 - US Air Force'Neanderthaul' Crashed after a high speed rejected take off at Anderson AFB, Guam and caught fire. The crew managed to escape. This image was taken at RAF Fairford during a short training deployment in June 2015...

15th December 2015 - Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel - N74317 - Native AirJust a couple weeks after this image was taken, this helicopter had just lifted to return to base after a brief fuel stop at Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport following a medical sortie. The aircraft then impacted terrain 10 miles north-west of Superior, Arizona. Two of the three crew died. The image was taken at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway after coming in for a refuel...

10th November 2015 - Hawker Siddeley Andover C1 - XS606 - Empire Test Pilot SchoolDestroyed during a crash landing in Africa after being sold to an African airline and re-registered as TL-AEW. Image taken at MoD Boscombe Down...

22nd August 2015 -Hawker Hunter T7 - WV372/G-BXFI - Ex Royal Air ForceCrashed whilst displaying at Shoreham Airshow, killing 11 people on the ground and injuring the pilot. Image taken at Culdrose Air Day shortly before the accident...

11th August 2015 - Lockheed F-16C Falcon - 91-0366 - US Air ForceThis aircraft crashed into a forest in southern Germany after suffering a mechanical problem and luckily the pilot managed to eject safely. This image was taken at RIAT 2011 seen on static display...

01st August 2015 - Folland Gnat T1 - XS111/G-TIMM - Ex Royal Air ForceCrashed whilst displaying at Carfest North, killing pilot Kev Whyman. Image taken at Culdrose Air Day shortly before the accident...

06th July 2015 - Westland SA342J Gazelle - YU-HETInadvertently became airborne during an engine run with an engineer at the controls and landed heavily...

08th January 2015 - Bell 212HP - ZK067 - Army Air CorpsSuffered a mechanical failure in Kenya which led to a forced landing into a forest injuring 4 onboard.

27th November 2014 - Lockheed C-130H Hercules - FAB2470 - Ex Royal Air ForceCrashed while landing in Antartica. Image taken at RAF Lyneham...

08th October 2014 - McDonnell Douglas F-15D Eagle - 86-0182 - United States Air ForceCrashed in a field near RAF Lakenheath after falling into a flat spin. Image taken at RAF Lakenheath...

26th April 2014 - AgustaWestland AW139 - G-LBAL - Privately OwnedCrashed shortly after take off in fog killing all onboard. Image taken whilst arriving at AgustaWestland in Yeovil...

13th March 2014 - Westland Lynx AH9A - ZF540 - Army Air CorpsCrashed during a live air-to-ground gunnery exercise in Afghanistan, killing all five people onboard. Image taken on Salisbury Plain...

03rd October 2013 - Westland Sea King HC4 - ZE428 - Royal NavyImpacted the ground tail first at Yeovilton shearing off the tail section from the main fuselage. Image taken on Salisbury Plain....

13th September 2013 - BAE Hawk T1 - XX250 - Royal Air ForceHit a flock of geese on take off, aborted and overun the runway into the barrier at Mona, Wales. Image taken in Snowdonia....

29th July 2013 - BAE Hawk T1 - XX338 - Royal Air ForceSuffered a major birdstrike and diverted to Cardiff with a hole in one of the wings. It was then put into storage at Shawbury. Image taken at RIAT 2010...

03rd July 2012 - Panavia Tornado GR4 - ZD743 - Royal Air ForceCollided with ZD812 (below) before they crashed into the Moray Firth off the east coast of Scotland. Two crew were rescued and taken to Inverness hospital but the student pilot later died. Image taken at RNAS Yeovilton...

03rd July 2012 - Panavia Tornado GR4 - ZD812 - Royal Air ForceCollided with ZD743 (above) before they crashed into the Moray Firth off the east coast of Scotland. Two crew were rescued and taken to Inverness hospital but the student pilot later died. Image taken in north Wales...

08th November 2011 - BAE Hawk T1A - XX177 - Royal Air ForcePilot Sean Cunningham was ejected from the Red Arrows aircraft on the ground whilst parked up after the ejection seat firing sequence was initiated. Image taken in 2017 after a £450,000 repair...

20th August 2011 - BAE Hawk T1A - XX179 - Royal Air ForceCrashed during a run and break at Bournemouth Airport after a Red Arrows display. Pilot John Egging was killed....

07th August 2011 - BAE Hawk T1A - XX260 - Royal Air ForceMajor birdstrike over Southport Seafront during a Red Arrows display. Now in storage at Shawbury.....

05th August 2011 - Westland Puma HC1 - XW211 - Royal Air ForceCrash landed in a field near Salisbury Plain and rolled over after a loose cover came off and took out the tail rotor...

05th March 2011 - Westland Wasp HAS1 - XT793Whilst hovering and preparing to land at Yeovilton, Somerset it was struck from behind by biplane G-STDO and crashed onto the runway.

10th November 2010 - British Aerospace Harrier GR.9 - ZD470/60 - Royal Air ForceSuffered Birdstrike and diverted to Cardiff. Written Off.

23rd June 2010 - Westland Merlin HC3 - ZJ138/X - Royal Air ForceCrashed during a brownout landing in Afghanistan.

06th May 2010 - Lockheed C-130K Hercules C3A - XV304 - Royal Air ForceMade a wheels up landing at Brize Norton a day after this picture was taken. Aircraft broken up at Brize and used as an instructional airframe.

26th January 2010 - British Aerospace Harrier GR9A - ZD461/51A - Royal Air ForceCaught fire during taxi to the ramp at Nellis AFB, USA.

09th July 2009 - Westland Puma HC1 - ZE449 - Royal Air ForceSuffered a landing accident during an exercise in Kenya.

15th April 2007 - Westland Puma HC1 - XW218 - Royal Air ForceCrashed into XW211 in Iraq whilst on operations. Two people killed.

19th April 2000 - Westland Puma HC1 - XW207 - Royal Air ForceCrashed on Hopswell Moor, Yorkshire during an army exercise after striking the tail rotor during a landing.

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A very warm welcome to my website, showing the world my adventures over the years. With around 40,000 images in my database, I'm sure the image you're looking for is right here...The aim of my website is to create a collection of aircraft and sights that may not be seen again and to preserve and cherish them once no longer around.Examples of this have been the QinetiQ Mi-17s, Harrier, Jet Stream, Tornado F3, Dominie, BAC 1-11, Andover and VC-10.Running parallel to this project, I use my close proximity to Low flying area 1, 2 and 3 to build an extensive collection of helicopter training around the countryside. By clicking on 'In the wild' in the Gallery section you can explore the vast pile of images ranging from Dutch helicopters on the Cornish coast to American Pavehawks training in the dust in Wiltshire!

A bit about me...I was born in Plymouth, Devon on 26th February 1989 and spent my first 6 years living next to Plymouth Airport before moving to Wiltshire. Even here I found myself living next to Oaksey Park Airfield, Kemble, RAF Colerne, and RAF Lyneham. It was no wander aviation was in my blood since "being able to walk".I joined the Air Cadets in 2000 to continue focusing on a career in the RAF. Here I was lucky enough to get flying experience on the Viking glider, Grob Tutor T1, Westland Gazelle AH1 and Westland Merlin HC3.

In 2004 I did a first work experience at Bristol University Air Squadron (BUAS) spending the week formation flying with Grob Tutors and folding a lot of maps! A few months later I did another work experience, this time at RAF Lyneham with 47 and 30 Squadrons. Here I sampled several 3 hour sorties including landing in a field on Salisbury Plain in a C-130K Hercules, flying around the hills of North Wales and also a night sortie with doing some air drops at Keevil Airfield. It was this work experience that really inspired me to start taking photos more often.Around 2009/2010 I realised I enjoyed seeing the aircraft more than flying so decided a flying career probably wasn't for me. It was this decision that made me take aviation photography more seriously and ended up regularly visiting RAF Lyneham for days at the fence.

Between 2009 I have covered Afghan pre-deployment training, aircraft retirements and other key events. In January 2016 I decided to take a break from the exhausting work I was putting in and sold my camera gear. Now, in 2018 I hold basic photography gear and focus on the more special occasions...

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